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l COMBINED ATHLETIC SHIRT. MILlcmfrfm FILED Am. a, 1909.

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m ultrm WILLIAM T. ANDERSON, GF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COMBINED ATHLETIC SHIRT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. il, MMO.

Application filed April 9, 1909. Serial No. 488,852.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM T. Annunson, a citizen of the United Statesot' America, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State ofNew York, have invented new and useful 'Improve inents in CombinedAthletic Shirts, ot which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to combined athletic and swinnning shirts, andone ot the principal objects of the invention is to provide a shirtwhich will not interfere with the movements of the arins or legs andwhich will notscparate from the trunks and which will be held lirinly inposition upon the body of the wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide an athletic shirt havingan extended portion in lront serving as a supporter and straps connectedto the lower end of said projecting portion to pass around the thigl'isand be connected at the sides of the shirt to hold the garment in placeon the body et the wearer.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a shirt whichextends slightly below the waist line at the back and which is providedwith a projecting supporter portion in front to which the thigh st apsare connected, said straps being crossed and provided with a cross strapconnection having a centrally attached strap to be buckled to the centerof the back portion of the shirt.

These and other objects niay be attained by ineans of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, inu which,-

Figure l is a front elevation of a shirt inade in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the saine. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation and partial section of the shirt.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral l designates the front ot' theshirt, and 2 is the back thereof. The front and back portions are eachprovided with a cut-out neck portion 3 and 4 providing shoulder straps5. The arm seyes G are. curved from the shoulder straps 5 to a point atthe sides ot the shirt. The front part of the shirt is provided with anextended portion T forming a supporter, and connected to the projectingportion 7 are the thigh straps 8, said straps heilig crossed andextended around the thighs and adapted to be connected to the buckles f)at the sides of the shirt. The thigh straps El are connected b v a crossstrap 1.0, and attached centrallyT to the strap l0 is a vertical strapl1 adapted to be connected to a buckle 12 at the back oit' the shirt.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a shirt nia de in accordancewith in v invention will be easy to the wearer, will not interfere withthe inovelnent of the arins or legs, will always be held down, will notbe liable to separate troni the trunks and provides an integralconvenient supporter.

I claim:-

A shirt provided with an extended front supporter portion, bucklessecured to the side and central back portion of said shirt, thigh strapsconnected to the lower end of said extended front portion, said thighstraps being crossed and adapted to be connected to said buckles at thesides ot the shirt. a cross strap connected to the thigh straps, and avertical strap connected to said cross strap and adapted to be connectedto the buckle at the central portion back ot the shirt.

In testimony whereof l aiiix niy signature in presence ol two witnesses.

VVLLILUVI T. ANDERS()N.

lVitnesses FRANK Aimicusoiv, IRENE L. DE F oinis'i.

